PureWow EIC Mary Kate McGrath will be sharing a few of her favorite things with DuJour, starting with her must-haves for Austin's annual music conference and festival

Written by Mary Kate McGrath

A dress to host in
For our party, I want something light and breezy. The trick is finding something that will let me play hostess, hug hundreds of people and then take me to the next round of parties later in the evening. Is this Anna Sui the perfect frock? I think so.

PureWow EIC Mary Kate McGrath will be sharing a few of her favorite things with DuJour, starting with her must-haves for Austin's annual music conference and festival

Written by Mary Kate McGrath

A pair of heels to shuffle around in
Loeffler Randall makes some of the most comfortable stacked heels my toes have ever experienced. I just got my grubby paws on these gems and I am counting the minutes until I can wear them.

PureWow EIC Mary Kate McGrath will be sharing a few of her favorite things with DuJour, starting with her must-haves for Austin's annual music conference and festival

Written by Mary Kate McGrath

A quick elixir for an avocado margarita headache
One of my editors discovered these credit card-sized, fast dissolving, pain relieving powders while doing research for a travel story. So now, after one too many avocado margaritas at Chuy's with the PureWow team, I can recover quickly...and discreetly.

PureWow EIC Mary Kate McGrath will be sharing a few of her favorite things with DuJour, starting with her must-haves for Austin's annual music conference and festival

Written by Mary Kate McGrath

An app to save me from Surge charges
In anticipation of the mad dash for Ubers in Austin, I'm downloading SurgeProtector. It's a separate but similar-looking app that you fire up instead of Uber (it taps into the Uber network). A map appears. Above, it lists your current surge pricing. Below is a button that says "Goodbye Surge." Tap it and a purple pin drops to show you the nearest no-surge zone. Genius.

PureWow EIC Mary Kate McGrath will be sharing a few of her favorite things with DuJour, starting with her must-haves for Austin's annual music conference and festival

Written by Mary Kate McGrath

And I throw it all in here
Don't tell my husband, but I bought this Slightly Alabama bag for him with the sole intention of using it on every overnight on my calendar. This is not your normal leather weekender. It takes a whole team of mostly bearded Brooklyners 35 hours to make a single Sheffield duffle by hand. The 5" strap means I can squeeze it over my shoulder if I'm not wearing a coat, and on the road to Austin, I make sure to leave all puffy coats, and traces of NYC, behind.